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"It's kind of a letdown, but an understandable one, based on the
information," said Hoy, who obtained an arrest warrant for Bryant, the
Lakers star shortly after a hotel worker accused him of rape, on June 30,
2003. 'Everyone here understands exactly what happened and why.'
"I still think the charges were valid,' Hoy said.
For Eagle, a town of 4,500 permanent residents that was invaded by up to 400
journalists every time Bryant made a court appearance, the sense of relief
was evident.
"It was a heck of a way to put your name on the map,' William Powell, who
has been town manager for 20 years, said Thursday morning. "This was
essentially a tragedy of two young people. Rather than see the two sides
trash each other, it's just good to see it over and done with.'
William Scank, the owner of a transmission shop who was one of the 174
potential jurors who were to have been summoned for questioning in open
court Thursday, said the talk around town was about how glad people were to
see it all go away.
"I talked to people who said, 'Wow, what a waste of money,'' Scank said,
alluding to the almost $400,000 allocated by county commissioners toward
security and other expenses tied to the case. Many bills have yet to arrive,
so the eventual sum might be much higher.
The 20-year-old woman at the heart of the case, who lived in Edwards, 20
miles east of here, at the time of the incident, does not figure much in the
talk, with the attention, as ever, on Bryant, who faced four years-to-life
in prison.
"Whether she was right or wrong, she can't show her face around here,' Scank
said. "Kobe, I don't think it hurt him at all. He came out smelling like a
rose.'
Some of Bryant's fans were surprised by the end of the case. One fan, Tom
Unvert, a small-business owner in Newport Beach, Bryant's hometown, said he
was shocked that the charges had been dropped.
"I thought the prosecutors had more and had a solid case,' Unvert said.
"They were gearing it up in the media that they had a slam- dunk case, and I
was confident that Kobe was going to be put away.
"I don't think his credibility as a basketball player was ever hurt. He's
still a fabulous basketball player, and I think all his fans will always
think of him as that.
"You ask me what I think of Kobe. He's a great basketball player, but he's a
terrible husband.'
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"Whether she was right or wrong, she can't show her face around here,' Scank
said. "Kobe, I don't think it hurt him at all. He came out smelling like a
rose.'
The cunt knows that anyone who kills her or her family will be folk
heroes.
"I killt dat Katelynn #@&@
" will be good for free drinks throughout
the West for years to come.
Katelynn herself will move to Hollywood, then Northridge, then Barstow,
to reinvent herself as a pornstar. "Anal Adventures III" will be her
last film, in late 2005. She commits suicide with Wellbutrin and Jack
in the spring of 2006, a burned-out skank at 22.
Her family is scheduled to move to Ashtabula, Georgia, where they hope
no one has CNN, MSNBC, Fox, ESPN, or the Internet.
--Tim May
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"s_knight8" <s_knight8nospam@hotmail.com> wrote
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William Scank, the owner of a transmission shop
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"I talked to people who said, 'Wow, what a waste of money,'' Scank said,
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"Whether she was right or wrong, she can't show her face around here,'
Scank
said.
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Wow. There are TWO scanks in Eagle CO.
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